वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-3, verse-17

एवं मां परिभाषन्तं
कस्माद्वै नाभिभाषथः ॥१७॥

17. evaṃ māṃ paribhāṣantaṃ
kasmādvai nābhibhāṣathaḥ.

17. evam mām paribhāṣantam
kasmāt vai na abhibhāṣathaḥ

17. kasmāt vai evam mām
paribhāṣantam na abhibhāṣathaḥ

17. Why, then, do you two not address me, who am speaking to you in this manner?

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - in this manner (referring to his continuous speech) (thus, in this manner, so)

• माम् (mām) - me (referring to Hanuman) (me)

• परिभाषन्तम् (paribhāṣantam) - addressing (referring to Hanuman's continuous speech to Rama and Lakshmana) (speaking to, addressing, reviling)

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (why, from what)

• वै (vai) - indeed (an emphatic particle) (indeed, certainly, surely)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अभिभाषथः (abhibhāṣathaḥ) - you two address (referring to Rama and Lakshmana) (you two speak, you two address)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - in this manner (referring to his continuous speech) (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me (referring to Hanuman) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

परिभाषन्तम् (paribhāṣantam) - addressing (referring to Hanuman's continuous speech to Rama and Lakshmana) (speaking to, addressing, reviling)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paribhāṣat

paribhāṣat - speaking to, addressing, reviling (present active participle of paribhāṣ)

Present Active Participle

Derived from root bhāṣ (1A) with prefix pari. Formed with -at suffix.

Prefix: pari

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (why, from what)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

वै (vai) - indeed (an emphatic particle) (indeed, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अभिभाषथः (abhibhāṣathaḥ) - you two address (referring to Rama and Lakshmana) (you two speak, you two address)

(verb)

2nd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of abhibhāṣ

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)